Title: Extensive Nonsegmental Pulmonary Perfusion Defects on SPECT/CT as an Early Sign of COVID-19 Infection.
Authors: Franceschi, Ana M.; Matthews, Robert; Ahmed, Osama; Mourtzikos, Karen; Bajc, Marika; Franceschi, Dinko
Abstract: We describe a hospitalized patient with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 in whom the initial chest computed tomography (CT) was negative, while subsequent perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography imaging revealed extensive nonsegmental perfusion defects in addition to newly developing parenchymal densities. Possible reasons for these findings and their relationship to the multisystem severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection are discussed in this article.
Subjects: COVID-19; SINGLE-photon emission computed tomography; HYPERPERFUSION; CORONAVIRUS diseases
Publication: World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2022, Vol 21, Issue 3, p210
ISSN: 1450-1147
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1755411

Extensive Nonsegmental Pulmonary Perfusion Defects on SPECT/CT as an Early Sign of COVID-19 Infection.

Franceschi, Ana M.; Matthews, Robert; Ahmed, Osama; Mourtzikos, Karen; Bajc, Marika; Franceschi, Dinko